Introduction to Shubao Monument: It is said that after Poshan Patriarch revived Zhaojue Temple, he recruited many disciples and promoted the Shuanggui Zen system. One day, Patriarch Poshan told his disciples that he was going to travel, and said: If the pillars in the hall leave the stone anvil bench below, the ladle on the incense table flies away, and the two yellow fruit trees outside the hall cover the stone tablet in the middle, , if he has not returned yet, he will appoint another abbot to preside over the temple and pass on the Shuanggui Zen method. One day three years after the Patriarch left, a wooden pillar in the Patriarch's Hall indeed left the stone anvil bench; another three years later, the ladle on the incense table in the Main Hall unexpectedly flew away; and three years later, two yellow fruit trees outside the Main Hall It has grown up and envelops the central stone monument. However, the Patriarch of Poshan did not come back, leaving behind only his legend and the ruins that everyone can see. Chengdu people later called the hall with "pillars and benches" "diaozulou". Among the four pillars in the hall, the lower end of the one on the left side of the outer door is hanging, about one foot away from the drum-shaped stone anvil bench. It is a wonder of ancient wooden structure buildings. Because the temple has been sealed with a verse written by the ancient Tao Kui Patriarch of the Ming Dynasty: "The tree covers the stele, the eaves fly, and the pillars fall to the ground, the Patriarch returns." When Master Qingding returned to Zhaojue, the hanging pillar fell to the ground, the ladle had long since disappeared, and the Bodhi tree grew rapidly, covering the stone tablet without even revealing it. The old master Daokui known to the world is back.

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